I am soon setting up a new inflatable hot tub (Intex Portable Bubble Massage Pure Spa for 4 people, 210 gallons). Had I not searched online about how to get started, I would never have thought that a new tub should be purged before using it. I ordered and received Ahh-some Water Clarifier and Bio-Cleaner. I see now that there are multiple Ahh-Some products. Is this the right one to use or do I need something else?
Ahh-Some for a new inflatable hot tub
- Thread starter mxnathantamar
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 64,856
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You did purchase the wrong item. However, the ingredients in our Pool Clarifier will help alleviate any build up your piping may have. You will have to use additional gel for it to be effective. Instead of 1.5 teaspoons use 2.5-3 level teaspoons to do the purge. You should aldo do it a second time as well. On the second purge use only 1.5 teaspoons of gel. Next time be sure to get the Hot Tub Plumbing & Jet Cleaner.
I am currently filling my new inflatable hot tub with water. Do I need to adjust the water chemistry, including shocking the water, before using the Ahhsome Pool Clarifier, or so I use the Ahhsome first?
I don't know if I simply posted my last question or if I sent it directly to you, which was my intention. Anyway, I was asking whether to balance the hot tub chemistry, including shocking it, before adding the Ahh-some Clarifier, or afterward? Also, do I leave the clean, new filters inside the tub while using Ahh-some or take them out?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 64,856
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Add ahhsome to the fill water. No balancing or other chemicals needed. You will be dumping that water out after the cleaning.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 64,856
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I did the 2 purgings and both times residue came out. Do I need to keep repeating this until I see no residue?
After both my first and second purges, there were some brown stains on the top and upper sides of the walls of my new hot tub, where the foam from the Ahh-some was. I have not seen visible stains on the rest of the tub. Do I need to keep on repeating the purges until I see no stains at all?
Both times I ran the filters and bubble jets for 30 minutes. Should I be running them longer or letting the Ahh-some sit in the tub for a while?